Robert R. Gaines

3.2k total citations
66 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Robert R. Gaines is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert R. Gaines has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Paleontology, 23 papers in Atmospheric Science and 16 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Robert R. Gaines's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (54 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers) and Geological formations and processes (16 papers). Robert R. Gaines is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (54 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers) and Geological formations and processes (16 papers). Robert R. Gaines collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Robert R. Gaines's co-authors include Shanan E. Peters, Derek E. G. Briggs, Mary L. Droser, Jean‐Bernard Caron, John S. Vorhies, Peter Van Roy, Zhao Yuanlong, Emma U. Hammarlund, Changshi Qi and Donald E. Canfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert R. Gaines

64 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert R. Gaines United States 29 2.1k 905 671 429 427 66 2.5k
Yuanlong Zhao China 25 2.2k 1.1× 816 0.9× 710 1.1× 636 1.5× 385 0.9× 89 2.5k
Lidya G. Tarhan United States 26 1.6k 0.8× 961 1.1× 431 0.6× 433 1.0× 343 0.8× 74 1.9k
Michał Zatoń Poland 32 2.0k 1.0× 720 0.8× 836 1.2× 292 0.7× 432 1.0× 146 2.7k
Florentin Paris France 27 2.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 833 1.2× 318 0.7× 597 1.4× 72 2.8k
Lucia Angiolini Italy 31 1.9k 0.9× 842 0.9× 413 0.6× 420 1.0× 1.2k 2.8× 115 2.8k
Sara B. Pruss United States 27 2.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 624 0.9× 734 1.7× 596 1.4× 77 2.9k
Thomas Steuber Germany 32 2.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 462 0.7× 486 1.1× 677 1.6× 71 2.8k
Valeria Luciani Italy 27 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 1.8× 513 0.8× 213 0.5× 508 1.2× 84 2.2k
Thomas E. Yancey United States 24 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 505 0.8× 379 0.9× 464 1.1× 97 2.2k
Hong Hua China 25 2.2k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 520 0.8× 566 1.3× 495 1.2× 90 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gaines, Robert R. & Mary L. Droser. (2025). Fossil Lagerstätten and the enigma of anactualistic fossil preservation. Paleobiology. 51(1). 29–43.
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Wei, Guang‐Yi, Mingyu Zhao, Erik A. Sperling, et al.. (2024). Lithium isotopic constraints on the evolution of continental clay mineral factory and marine oxygenation in the earliest Paleozoic Era. Science Advances. 10(13). eadk2152–eadk2152. 21 indexed citations
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Bicknell, Russell D. C., Robert R. Gaines, & Melanie J. Hopkins. (2024). Late Ordovician eurypterid preserves oldest euchelicerate musculature in pyrite. Biology Letters. 20(7). 20240211–20240211. 2 indexed citations
4.
Myrow, Paul M., John W. Goodge, Glenn A. Brock, et al.. (2024). Tectonic trigger to the first major extinction of the Phanerozoic: The early Cambrian Sinsk event. Science Advances. 10(13). eadl3452–eadl3452. 8 indexed citations
5.
Albani, Abderrazak El, Arnaud Mazurier, Gregory D. Edgecombe, et al.. (2024). Rapid volcanic ash entombment reveals the 3D anatomy of Cambrian trilobites. Science. 384(6703). 1429–1435. 13 indexed citations
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Cui, Linhao, Chao Chang, Wei Liu, et al.. (2024). The Cambrian microfossil Qingjiangonema reveals the co-evolution of sulfate-reducing bacteria and the oxygenation of Earth’s surface. Science Bulletin. 69(10). 1486–1494. 8 indexed citations
7.
Lerosey‐Aubril, Rudy, Joseph P. Botting, Robert G. Coleman, et al.. (2024). A new sponge from the Marjum Formation of Utah documents the Cambrian origin of the hexactinellid body plan. Royal Society Open Science. 11(9). 231845–231845. 3 indexed citations
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Gaines, Robert R., Diego C. García‐Bellido, J. B. Jago, Paul M. Myrow, & John R. Paterson. (2024). The Emu Bay Shale: A unique early Cambrian Lagerstätte from a tectonically active basin. Science Advances. 10(30). eadp2650–eadp2650. 3 indexed citations
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Cui, Linhao, et al.. (2024). Thermal History of Cambrian Burgess Shale-Type Deposits: New Insights from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang and Qingjiang Fossils of South China. Journal of Earth Science. 35(4). 1215–1223. 1 indexed citations
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Aria, Cédric, et al.. (2023). Interpreting fossilized nervous tissues. BioEssays. 45(3). e2200167–e2200167. 10 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek E. G., et al.. (2023). Exceptional lower Cambrian fossils from a long‐lost locality in Vermont, USA. Geology Today. 39(4). 152–157.
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Iten, Heyo Van, et al.. (2023). Conulariid soft parts replicated in silica from the Scotch Grove Formation (lower Middle Silurian) of east-central Iowa. Journal of Paleontology. 97(5). 961–970. 3 indexed citations
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Caron, Jean‐Bernard, et al.. (2021). Synchrotron imagery of phosphatized eggs in Waptia cf. W. fieldensis from the middle Cambrian (Miaolingian, Wuliuan) Spence Shale of Utah. Journal of Paleontology. 96(1). 152–163. 2 indexed citations
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Nanglu, Karma, Jean‐Bernard Caron, & Robert R. Gaines. (2020). The Burgess Shale paleocommunity with new insights from Marble Canyon, British Columbia. Paleobiology. 46(1). 58–81. 57 indexed citations
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Fu, Dongjing, Guanghui Tong, Tao Dai, et al.. (2019). The Qingjiang biota—A Burgess Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China. Science. 363(6433). 1338–1342. 149 indexed citations
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Cole, Devon B., Noah J. Planavsky, Robert R. Gaines, & Chao Li. (2016). A CHROMIUM ISOTOPE PERSPECTIVE ON BURGESS-SHALE-TYPE PRESERVATION. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Caron, Jean‐Bernard, Robert R. Gaines, Cédric Aria, M. Gabriela Mángano, & Michael Streng. (2014). A new phyllopod bed-like assemblage from the Burgess Shale of the Canadian Rockies. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3210–3210. 84 indexed citations
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Farrell, Úna C., Derek E. G. Briggs, Emma U. Hammarlund, Erik A. Sperling, & Robert R. Gaines. (2013). Paleoredox and pyritization of soft-bodied fossils in the Ordovician Frankfort Shale of New York. American Journal of Science. 313(5). 452–489. 36 indexed citations
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Peters, Shanan E. & Robert R. Gaines. (2012). Formation of the ‘Great Unconformity’ as a trigger for the Cambrian explosion. Nature. 484(7394). 363–366. 287 indexed citations
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Gaines, Robert R., Søren B. Scott, Edward J. Crane, & Jade Star Lackey. (2009). Microbial reduction of structurally-coordinated iron in common clay minerals. AGUFM. 2009. 4 indexed citations

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